Clinical efficacy and safety of a combined loratadine- betamethasone oral solution in the treatment of severe pediatric perennial allergic rhinitis.docVIP

ORIGINALARTICLE ClinicalEfficacyandSafetyofaCombinedLoratadine- BetamethasoneOralSolutionintheTreatmentofSevere PediatricPerennialAllergicRhinitis TeolindaMendozadeMorales,MD1 andFrancisSa′nchez, MD2 Schoolperformanceandqualityoflife(QoL)ofchil- Background:Allergicrhinitisisahighlyprevalentcondition,par- dren with AR are generally worse than those of children ticularlyamongchildren,whoseschoolworkandqualityoflifemay without the disorder. Children with AR tend to be more beimpairedbyitssymptoms. irritableandtiredthanthosewithoutARandcanthereforebe 4 inattentive and disruptive in the classr